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I’m taking a class this semester and it’s been very eye opening, literally. I decided I wanted to up my game so to speak with my own graphic design work. I have, on occasion, done some graphic work for OTN and lately I have found that I tend to go back to the same patterns […]

It is one of the oldest jokes isn’t it? But I came to a surprising revelation a couple of weeks ago: I’m out of practice. At what? Sadly, television. That’s a slight exaggeration but if I’m being honest, there is some truth there. Let me explain. About a year ago I decided that I was going to […]

Okay, so it’s a bait and switch. This blog post has nothing to do with Minnions but while you’re here . . . One of my colleagues here at Newhouse had a very interesting discussion with one of his former students recently about her experiences at college and Newhouse specifically. With school right around the […]

There are times when I’ll wake up in the middle of the night completely wide-awake. It’s very frustrating. And when this happens my mind just starts racing about the things I have to do. Of course this doesn’t help me get back to sleep because now I’m making lists and that’s not a good way […]

I wasn’t going to write a blog on Tuesday mostly because I had nothing to say. But I read a column in the Washington Post yesterday that I wanted to share with you. It was written by Hunter Rawlings who is president of the Association of American Universities and a former president of Cornell University and the […]

Last month I wrote about the transition from college to working adult. I waxed philosophic about moving from college student to working adult and how difficult a transition that is. We all do it, don’t we? I mean, those of us who desire to make our own mark in the world. Well, I had my […]

I’m disappointed for our lacrosse teams. One disappointment is obvious (the men’s loss) the other not so much. I watched a few of the men’s games this spring and was impressed. They were a very good team. One that I thought had final four potential. One that I thought had winning it all potential. But […]

Well, that was some weekend wasn’t it? Over 5,600 degrees were conferred on Sunday to students at SUNY ESF and Syracuse University. In spite of having a “local” commencement speaker, Mary Karr’s address to the audience was, in my view, inspiring. And the rain held off until just about the time we were all set […]

This Sunday, maybe shortly before noon, a new batch of “adults” will be cast into the world. It’s commencement weekend here at SU and the class of 2015 is about to graduate. Most will head out into the world looking to start their lives, some will pursue graduate school and the rest will, well, do […]